Puttalam Polling Division

The Puttalam Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Puttalam Electoral District, in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Puttalam
Polling Division
Coordinates: 8.231862°N 79.790144°E / 8.231862; 79.790144
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	North Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Puttalam Electoral District
Area
• Total	1,147.32 km2 (442.98 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	186,308
• Density	162/km2 (420/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-16A

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Puttalam has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.

Year	Puttalam		Puttalam Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		NDF		SLPP	25.50%		SLPP	26.91%
2015		NDF		NDF	19.80%		NDF	18.46%
2010		NDF		UPFA	18.04%		UPFA	17.29%
2005		UNP		UNP	15.06%		UPFA	17.23%
1999		UNP		PA	9.36%		PA	9.68%
1994		PA		PA	1.44%		PA	1.64%
1988		UNP		UNP	8.57%		UNP	12.39%
1982		UNP		UNP	11.16%		UNP	15.01%
Matches/Mean MAE	4/8		7/8		13.61%	8/8		14.83%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Puttalam[4]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		76,385	71.28%		199,356	43.91%		5,564,239	41.99%
	SLPP		26,118	24.37%		230,760	50.83%		6,924,255	52.25%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,756	2.57%		10,948	2.41%		345,452	2.61%
	NMPP		1,896	1.77%		12,912	2.84%		418,553	3.16%
Valid Votes		107,155		98.82%	453,976		99.02%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		1,283		1.18%	4,478		0.98%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		108,438		76.15%	458,454		76.53%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		142,408			599,042			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Puttalam[5]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		58,844	69.82%		202,073	50.04%		6,217,162	51.28%
	UPFA		24,235	28.76%		197,751	48.97%		5,768,090	47.58%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,198	1.42%		4,026	1.00%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		84,277		98.65%	403,850		98.95%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,151		1.35%	4,300		1.05%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		85,428		67.96%	408,150		72.50%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		125,702			562,984			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Puttalam[6]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		36,971	57.50%		136,233	39.59%		4,173,185	40.15%
	UPFA		25,751	40.05%		201,981	58.70%		6,015,934	57.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,580	2.46%		5,899	1.71%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		64,302		98.56%	344,113		99.17%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		941		1.44%	2,886		0.83%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		65,243		63.56%	346,999		68.97%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		102,643			503,106			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Puttalam[7]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		40,060	65.79%		169,264	50.71%		4,706,366	48.43%
	UPFA		19,939	32.75%		160,686	48.14%		4,887,152	50.29%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		892	1.46%		3,833	1.15%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		60,891		98.34%	333,783		98.95%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		1,028		1.66%	3,536		1.05%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		61,919		64.94%	337,319		70.56%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		95,350			478,032			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Puttalam[8]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		26,894	54.41%		121,615	44.17%		3,602,748	42.71%
	PA		20,842	42.16%		141,725	51.47%		4,312,157	51.12%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		995	2.01%		4,123	1.50%		176,679	2.09%
	JVP		701	1.42%		7,876	2.86%		343,927	4.08%
Valid Votes		49,432		97.63%	275,339		97.94%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,202		2.37%	5,778		2.06%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		50,634		62.88%	281,117		68.85%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		80,531			408,331			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Puttalam[9]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		29,040	63.93%		165,795	62.65%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		15,542	34.21%		95,211	35.98%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Ind 2		531	1.17%		1,796	0.68%		58,888	0.78%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		315	0.69%		1,833	0.69%		78,152	1.03%
Valid Votes		45,428		97.76%	264,635		98.26%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		1,043		2.24%	4,689		1.74%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		46,471		63.01%	269,324		69.80%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		73,757			385,854			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Puttalam[10]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		24,362	64.47%		125,339	55.89%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		12,613	33.38%		94,823	42.28%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		815	2.16%		4,093	1.83%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		37,790		98.36%	224,255		98.70%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		632		1.64%	2,965		1.30%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		38,422		67.28%	227,220		70.70%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		57,106			321,387			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Puttalam[11]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		24,089	70.50%		128,877	59.12%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		8,448	24.72%		80,006	36.70%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		706	2.07%		7,001	3.21%		273,428	4.19%
	ACTC		592	1.73%		817	0.37%		173,934	2.67%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		336	0.98%		1,279	0.59%		75,526	1.16%
Valid Votes		34,171		98.87%	217,980		99.09%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		389		1.13%	1,995		0.91%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		34,560		75.43%	219,975		81.41%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		45,817			270,207			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Puttalam has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Puttalam is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year	Puttalam		Puttalam Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UNP		UNP	22.19%		UNP	22.61%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	8.85%		UPFA	6.32%
2004		UNP		UPFA	13.72%		UPFA	13.81%
2001		UNP		UNP	11.14%		UNP	11.00%
2000		UNP		PA	6.54%		PA	4.29%
1994		PA		PA	0.59%		PA	3.11%
1989		UNP		UNP	2.57%		UNP	6.78%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/7		7/7		9.37%	7/7		9.70%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Puttalam[14]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		48,466	75.75%		180,185	51.81%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		14,058	21.97%		153,130	44.03%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		915	1.43%		12,211	3.51%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		540	0.84%		2,263	0.65%		82,383	0.74%
Valid Votes		63,979		80.38%	347,789		91.37%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		6,290		7.90%	23,124		6.08%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		79,597		63.32%	380,632		68.83%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		125,702			553,009			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Puttalam[15]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		28,191	56.42%		167,769	64.84%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		20,961	41.95%		81,152	31.36%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		654	1.31%		8,792	3.40%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		162	0.32%		1,028	0.40%		33,372	0.42%
Valid Votes		49,968		91.02%	258,741		92.29%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		4,918		8.96%	21,562		7.69%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		54,899		53.49%	280,354		55.67%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		102,643			503,635			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Puttalam[16]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		34,273	62.31%		135,152	46.67%		3,486,792	37.73%
	UPFA		20,069	36.48%		142,784	49.31%		4,223,126	45.70%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		665	1.21%		11,652	4.02%		614,880	6.65%
Valid Votes		55,007		91.78%	289,588		93.06%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		4,867		8.12%	21,431		6.89%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		59,934		66.59%	311,194		69.15%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		90,004			450,057			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Puttalam[17]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		34,353	64.27%		146,873	50.61%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		17,163	32.11%		120,981	41.69%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		1,335	2.50%		18,095	6.24%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		603	1.13%		4,260	1.47%		116,969	1.31%
Valid Votes		53,454		93.01%	290,209		95.20%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		4,017		6.99%	14,638		4.80%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		57,471		67.72%	304,847		71.53%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		84,866			426,193			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Puttalam[18]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		21,579	40.18%		118,566	41.36%		3,451,765	40.12%
	PA		20,044	37.32%		138,747	48.40%		3,899,329	45.33%
	NUA		9,811	18.27%		12,317	4.30%		185,593	2.16%
	JVP		858	1.60%		11,256	3.93%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		794	1.48%		4,944	1.72%		216,501	2.52%
	PP		618	1.15%		865	0.30%		19,830	0.23%
Valid Votes		53,704		N/A	286,695		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Puttalam[19]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		26,645	53.24%		150,587	53.64%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		23,166	46.29%		127,671	45.48%		3,498,370	44.04%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		237	0.47%		2,453	0.87%		158,616	2.00%
Valid Votes		50,048		94.44%	280,711		95.52%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,944		5.56%	13,144		4.47%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		52,992		71.85%	293,873		76.19%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		73,757			385,690			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Puttalam[20]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,541	61.04%		139,309	62.62%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		10,331	27.98%		71,687	32.22%		1,785,369	31.90%
	SLMC		3,661	9.91%		6,253	2.81%		202,016	3.61%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		393	1.06%		5,226	2.35%		211,176	3.77%
Valid Votes		36,926		93.54%	222,475		94.40%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,552		6.46%	13,205		5.60%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		39,478		69.77%	235,680		73.94%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		56,582			318,755			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Puttalam Polling Division has a Moor majority (56.3%), a significant Sinhalese population (31.6%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (10.5%) . In comparison, the Puttalam Electoral District (which contains the Puttalam Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (73.6%) and a significant Moor population (19.4%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Puttalam^[1]

1. Moor (56.3%)
2. Sinhalese (31.6%)
3. Sri Lankan Tamil (10.5%)
4. Other (1.60%)

Religion

The Puttalam Polling Division has a Muslim majority (57.2%), a significant Roman Catholic population (21.0%) and a significant Buddhist population (14.7%) . In comparison, the Puttalam Electoral District (which contains the Puttalam Polling Division) has a Buddhist plurality (43.2%), a significant Roman Catholic population (31.5%) and a significant Muslim population (19.7%) ^[1]

Religion in Puttalam^[1]

1. Muslim (57.2%)
2. Roman Catholic (21.0%)
3. Buddhist (14.7%)
4. Hindu (5.10%)
5. Other Christian (1.30%)
6. Other (0.60%)